where is xorg.conf?

[mills]

can someone remind me where xorg.conf is please

[Nepherte]

/etc/X11/xorg.conf is the full path.

[aktiwers]

aktiwers@HAL:~$ locate xorg.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

[mills]

aghhhh locate command

i tried find and whereis but nothing, forgot about locate
havent been usin linux much lately

thanks all

[mrsteveman1]

Locate works most of the time unless the database is missing or out of date. You can always use the find command:

find / -name xorg.conf

For binaries you can use the which command:

steves-mac-mini:~ steve$ which java
/usr/bin/java

[sujoy]

just update the locate database with

sudo updatedb


locate works great.

[the_doc]

Or run it as a cron job then you won't have to worry about it.

[Joeb454]

Or run it as a cron job then you won't have to worry about it.

It depends how often you're going to use the tracker, or "locate" really

I hardly ever use it, I have some strange file organization, but it works I usually remember where stuff is

[oldos2er]

can someone remind me where xorg.conf is please

Your subject title nearly had it right, type "whereis xorg.conf" in a terminal.

[aktiwers]

Your subject title nearly had it right, type "whereis xorg.conf" in a terminal.

That will not return the location of xorg.conf, rather just xorg. the locate on the other hand will return the full path of xorg.conf.

aktiwers@HAL:~$ whereis xorg.conf
xorg: /usr/lib/xorg
aktiwers@HAL:~$ locate xorg.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
/etc/X11/xorg.conf~
/usr/share/displayconfig-gtk/xorg.conf.fallback
/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz
/var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.md5sum
/var/lib/x11/xorg.conf.roster
aktiwers@HAL:~$